Happy New Year to all of you at first. And just at very short notice a quick announcement for next week in case you are in the Sydney area in Australia. This is Your chance: Full-day Upgrade to 26ai Workshop in Sydney on Jan 20, 2026 has still a few open seats, and you could join, I’d be happy to see and meet you there.
And of course, it will be 2026, and not 2025 … OMG … 🙂
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When, how and why?
Well, this is potentially the day (or a few hours before) Oracle AI Database 26ai gets released on-prem on non-Oracle hardware. I guess that many of you will start playing with 26ai and especially upgrades and patching and performance and Multitenant very soon. Therefore, take the chance and sign up to this in-person-only event.
It starts at 9:00 a.m. and happens at the Oracle Sydney offices, 4 Julius Avenue, North Ryde.
You can’t join without registration – but registration requires an email only, and a confirmation. Be aware that we need to confirm your attendance at first because of space limitations and catering.
The agenda of the day
Oracle Support is pleased to announce this workshop on held by Mike Dietrich, VP Product Manegement, on Tuesday 20th January 2026 in Sydney for our key customers. This is not an opportunity you should not miss.
Zero marketing – tech-only!
During this workshop, Mike Dietrich will guide you through various examples of upgrade, migration, and consolidation techniques and strategies, featuring Real World customer cases.
- How to take full advantage of the new features and options in Oracle AI Database 26ai
- The smoothest and fully unattended migration to the CDB architecture
- Real World Best Practices and Customer Cases
- Database and Grid Infrastructure Patching Best Practices
- Insights into Oracle’s Database Development
- Performance Stability Prescription and Tips
- The coolest new features in Oracle AI Database 26ai for DBAs and Developers
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn and ask any questions you may have. Attendance will be in person in Oracle’s offices in North Ryde.
| 9:00AM–9:30AM | Registration and coffee |
| 9:30AM–11:00AM | Welcome Release Strategy with Oracle Database 19c and 23ai Oracle Database Patching – Welcome to the Patching Jungle |
| 11:00AM–11:15AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15AM–12:45PM | Upgrade to Oracle AI Database 26ai Migration to the CDB architecture – smoothly and unattended Take care on your standby database |
| 12:45PM–1:30PM | Lunch |
| 1:30PM–3:00PM | Data Pump: Performance best practices and tweaks Performance Stability Prescription and Secret Underscores |
| 3:00PM–3:15PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:15PM–4:30PM | From SR to Patch – Insights into the Oracle Database Development process The coolest new features in Oracle AI Database 26ai for DBAs and Developers |
| 4:30PM–4:30PM | Workshop ends |
Please register via email and wait for a confirmation.
We look forward to meet you next week Tuesday then!
–Mike
For those who are interstate and not able to attend, will presentations and slides be shared and available?
Hi Johan,
I put them under:
https://MikeDietrichDE.com/slides
Cheers,
Mike
Thanks Mate you’re a Legend
Thank you so much, Johan!!
Cheers,
Mike